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No Gods, No Monsters
by Cadwell Turnbull
Thanks to NetGalley and Blackstone Publishing for giving me an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I was very excited as I read the synopsis of this book and was reminded of Lovecraft Country (the HBO show). Unfortunately I was expecting a fantasy novel and this read more like literary fiction, which is not something I usually enjoy. I came pretty close to DNF'ing this book but my stubbornness won out. I was also confused by the frequent change in POV and the large cast of characters. While the characters were interesting, the POV would change just when I became invested in a character. The result being that the pace was too slow for me in what I expected to be a fantasy novel. There were many times where I was confused about how certain characters fit into the overall story, or why the author was writing about something when it seemed both irrelevant and uninteresting. We also don't learn the specifics of the creatures and the magic until the second half of the story or later. Overall I wouldn't recommend this to fantasy readers, but maybe to someone who usually enjoys literary fiction but wants to explore fantasy a bit more.
I was very excited as I read the synopsis of this book and was reminded of Lovecraft Country (the HBO show). Unfortunately I was expecting a fantasy novel and this read more like literary fiction, which is not something I usually enjoy. I came pretty close to DNF'ing this book but my stubbornness won out. I was also confused by the frequent change in POV and the large cast of characters. While the characters were interesting, the POV would change just when I became invested in a character. The result being that the pace was too slow for me in what I expected to be a fantasy novel. There were many times where I was confused about how certain characters fit into the overall story, or why the author was writing about something when it seemed both irrelevant and uninteresting. We also don't learn the specifics of the creatures and the magic until the second half of the story or later. Overall I wouldn't recommend this to fantasy readers, but maybe to someone who usually enjoys literary fiction but wants to explore fantasy a bit more.